Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) In other words , although farm modernisation policies have actively encouraged non-viable or older farmers to retire from farming , many in the poorer areas have not done so , living on in a traditional way for extremely low returns . |
| 2 | In vain she may cry , as Gregor Samsa does to his parents , sister and employer , that the same person is there inside , looking out in the same way at the world . |
| 3 | All that memory can provide contributes already to our feeling that in calling this sensation ‘ pain ’ we are going on in the same way , following the rule . |
| 4 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 5 | Diana seemed distressed , rushing around in a distracted way — oblivious , it seemed to me , of the work we had all put in for her brother 's wedding . |
| 6 | The horse , who had steadily been moving along in a quiet way , gave a strange little leap and she realised she had inadvertently dug her heels into his side . |
| 7 | I have no news of Britain here , so I hope things are limping along in the usual way . |
| 8 | After a while Strawberry ended by saying , " We 're nearly at the great burrow now , but we 're corning in by a different way . " |
| 9 | The show continued until Christmas by which time Mr Smith and Doris realized they were facing up to a new way of life that would challenge them even more than the lean and difficult times of the thirties . |
| 10 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 11 | Not that there 's anything wrong with indie bands — we 've got several very good acts locally — but the traditional pop group is definitely coming back in a big way . |
| 12 | Patriarchal power in education was coming back in a big way , and was endorsed in the 1986 Education Act 's stipulation that sex education should be taught within a moral framework and with due regard to family life . |
| 13 | Well no it does n't , if there 's nothing , if there 's nothing coming round from the other way it does n't go . |
| 14 | Not a taking up of the old ways , but she had anticipated that for at least part of the evening they would move from professional matters to personal . |
| 15 | As she put her coat on she could hear him rattling about in a conspicuous way with pans and dishes , and talking to Tam . |
| 16 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 17 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 18 | In order to provide ‘ permanent ’ help , many agencies operate a rota system with the carers working for a period of one or two weeks or a month , and then changing over in a planned way with another carer . |
| 19 | Erm we 're very good at lot of plans , practical working , and carrying out in a specific way . |
| 20 | Surprisingly , people become so involved in the task that they rarely notice that you are setting up in a different way . |